Vision accessibility resources
Internet Navigation for the Visually Impaired (Thank you Sarah!)
Accessibility courses online
Humber College – Media Accessibility Course
Udacity – Web Accessibility course by Google
Google – Introduction to Web Accessibility
YouTube – Google’s A11yCast videos playlist by Rob Dodson
Ryerson – Web Accessibility MOOC – Professional Web Accessibility Audit made Easy
Disability Demo Videos
Webaim students with disabilities video
Disability Simulators
NoCoffee Visual Simulator for Chrome
Sim Daltonism Colour blindness simulator for iOS and MacOS
Automated Accessibility Testing Online Tools
Automated Accessibility Testing Browser Extensions
aXe browser extension for Firefox and Chrome
Wave browser extension for Firefox and Chrome
Screen Reader NVDA on Windows
How to use NVDA – Video by Deque
AllyCasts Screenreader Basics – NVDA
Screen Reader Voiceover on MacOS and iOS
AllyCasts Screenreader Basics – Voiceover
Color Contrast Checkers
Online Colour Picker – ImageColourPicker
WebAIM Colour Contrast Checker
Captioning and Audio description of Media–Tools and Resources
Youtube – DIY Video Captioning tool for members
Amara – DIY Video Captioning tool
Web Development Advice
W3C Tips on Developing for Web Accessibility
W3C Tips on Designing for Web Accessibility
WebAIM Web Accessibility Tips for Designers
W3C Tips on Writing for Web Accessibility
Material Design Accessibility Guidelines for Designers
Google Web Fundamentals for Developers, Accessibility
WebAIM Screen Reader User Surveys
Using iOS devices with Voiceover
To Activate Speech
- Go to Settings –> General –> Accessibility –> Speech
- Tap to turn on Speak selection
- Tap to turn on Speak screen
To Activate Voiceover
- Go to Settings –> General –> Accessibility –> Voiceover
- Tap to turn on Voiceover
Interaction with the device using Voiceover is based on gestures such as tapping and swiping with 1 or 2 or 3 fingers. When Voiceover is ON, different gestures result in different actions. Here are some actions:
- Turn off screen display (toggle) = Triple tap with 3 fingers
- Turn on screen display (toggle) = Triple tap with 3 fingers
- Start reading continuously = Swipe down with 2 fingers
- Turn off speech (toggle) = Double tap with 3 fingers
- Turn on speech (toggle) = Double tap with 3 fingers
- Stop reading = Single tap with 2 fingers
- Select an item = Single tap with 1 finger
- Select and read only next item =Swipe left-to-right with 1 finger
- Select and read only previous item =Swipe right-to-left with 1 finger
Activate selected item = Double tap with 1 finger
To Deactivate Voiceover
- Press HOME key
- For each of the following items, first select using single tap with 1 finger; then activate using double tap with 1 finger:
- Settings –> General –> Accessibility Voiceover
To enable captions on iOS Device
- Go to Settings
- Select General, then Accessibility
- Scroll down and under Media select Subtitles & Captioning
- Enable the Closed Captions & SDH feature
- From within the Subtitles & Captioning menu, you can also select
Style to customize caption appearance settings like size, font,
color, and background.